CHART OF THE DAY: This Is What RIM Executives See When They Look At The Company

With Research In Motion's stock in a free fall, and its
marketshare eroding,
we've started asking people for some perspective on what's
happening inside the company.

Here's one thing we've heard from a source who has followed and
worked with RIM on a regular basis since it was a pre-IPO
company.

"The RIM guys are convinced of their brilliance based on the
success of the past," said our source. They look at what worked
in the past, and think that's what will work again. This is why
we hear co-CEO Mike Lazaridis talk about BlackBerrys leading in
security, battery life, and bandwidth efficiency.

Meanwhile, the market has
moved ahead without RIM. Consumers have shown they don't care
about battery life as they buy up iPhones and Android phones.

Despite the shift, RIM's business has performed very well.
Revenue has been climbing steadily. Profits are strong.

And that's the problem.

Our source says, "In business there is a weird dichotomy where
success can equal failure. They're superbly profitable. They look
at revenue and profit and see a line going up at a 45 degree
angle. From a management point of view they look at investors and
say, 'I don’t know what the fuck you’re complaining about.'"